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214 - الشَّرّ

214. EVIL

1014 - مِعيارُ الخَيرِ وَالشَّرِّ

1014. The Yardstick of Good and Evil

(كُتِبَ عَلَيْكُمُ القِتَالُ وَهُوَ كُرْهٌ لَكُمْ وَعَسَى‏ أَنْ تَكْرَهُوا شَيْئاً وَهُوَ خَيْرٌ لَكُمْ وَعَسَى‏ أَنْ تُحِبُّوا شَيْئاً وَهُوَ شَرٌّ لَكُمْ وَاللَّهُ يَعْلَمُ وَأَنْتُمْ لا تَعْلَمُونَ).1

"Warfare has been prescribed for you, though it is repulsive to you. Yet it may be that you dislike something while it is good for you, and it may be that you love something while it is bad for you, and Allah knows and you do not know." 2

(وَيَدْعُ الإِنْسانُ بِالشَّرِ دُعاءَهُ بِالخَيْرِ وَكانَ الإنْسانُ عَجُولاً).3

"Man prays for evil as [avidly as] he prays for good, and man is overhasty." 4

3230.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : ما خَيرٌ بِخَيرٍ بَعدَهُ النارُ ، وما شَرٌّ بِشَرٍّ بَعدَهُ الجَنَّةُ ، وكُلُّ نَعيمٍ دُونَ الجَنَّةِ فهُو مَحقورٌ ، وكُلُّ بَلاءٍ دُونَ النارِ عافِيَةٌ .5

3230.Imam Ali (AS) said, 'That good whose end consequence is the Fire is not good, and that hardship whose end consequence is Paradise is not bad. Every bliss other than Paradise is inferior, and every calamity other than the Fire itself is a comfort.' 6

3231.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : إنّ اللَّهَ سبحانَهُ أنزَلَ كِتاباً هادِيَاً بَيَّنَ فيه الخَيرَ والشَّرَّ ، فَخُذُوا نَهجَ الخَيرِ تَهتَدُوا ، واصدِفُوا عَن سَمْتِ الشَّرِّ تَقصِدُوا .7

3231.Imam Ali (AS) said, 'Allah, Glorified be He, has sent down a guiding Book wherein He has explained good and evil, so adopt the course of good so that you be rightly guided, and turn away from the direction of evil so that you remain focused on the right way.' 8

(اُنظر) الدعاء : باب 701 .

(See also: SUPPLICATION: section 701)

1.البقرة : ۲۱۶ .

2.Qur'an ۲:۲۱۶

3.الإسراء : ۱۱ .

4.Qur'an ۱۷:۱۱

5.نهج البلاغة : الحكمة ۳۸۷ .

6.Nahj al-Balagha, Saying ۳۸۷

7.نهج البلاغة : الخطبة ۱۶۷ .

8.Ibid. Sermon ۱۶۷

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